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PRICES OP STOCKS TIII Bank Stock_ " ...... per R Cent. ed. „per Cent. Cons. ri r ati t per Cent. New BUI4 Ditto Scrip liank,l.ong:Ann. lB4 11.16 the In dia ..... . . 2`44 Ditto Bonds . ... pm. PRICES OF D FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, Ayer cent. 85% Bra.tilion Bonds Buenos Area Bonds Chinon Bonds. 6 per cent., — Colombian Bonds Ditto, liblA 41%, 1 16 Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 146 16 15N Guatimala o. Mexican ROWS •••• Ditto, 19'25 62 Arrived. Due. .0. Flanders 0 • 0 Jamaica 0 Leeward lslanda .o Malta 0 0 • America- - ; . .. 1 0 8razi1...., 1 0 Buenos yres DAY AT ONS OrCLOak. Smith Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £1,090 2d. 9 10 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 9 10 pm. Ditto Small bitto Advertised Bank for Acc0unt........,......: India for Account — Cons, for Acconnt " 'NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK; Neapolitan 182 t . .-.., Peruvian lion& 10 1 A, 1 SON Portuguese Bonds 72 Prussian, 5 per cent. ' -s. Ditto, New ..•• Russian, New, 5 per cent. 75% Spanish, 1821, 5 per cent. ... 71( 1823 5%5 French Renter, 5 p. c. —t —c. -- Exchange —f. —c. --;.--3 per cent. ---Exchange —f. ....c. . _ • ' PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O 'CLOCK. . • *. Paid. Per Share: Anglo Mexican Mining Company ~.£5O . 30 •T 2 British Iron Mining Cowpony • • 10 '7 634 Columbian Mining Company 136 •• 2 134 2 Pasco Peruvian Mining Company 5 5 Real del Monte Mining Company 400 300 • 07% 10234 Tialpuxahua Mining Company 80 1100 L• 05 10-2% United Mexican Mining Company 20 18% ll ) 20 Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Company 10 * 8 Protector Fire Insurance Company .......»•• 2 1 Mexican Company • 15 61 Provincial Bank. of Ireland Arrived; ylue. I Ihddin 0 I Waterford ~ 0 Quernsey Iv. jersey 0 9 Lisbon 1 •ilattenbirrgh 0 Hanklatrgli 0 0 Holland 0 1 France , t .. 0 as. HIGH WATER ATI.ONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 16 51 14 11.....4. 56 minutes after` IL I Evening 13 minute"' aft,elc., eau , , LONDON, raHRDAY'RVENING, MAY 9, 1898. Our Readers will perceive by our Parliamentary Proceedings, that the bringing up Of the Report of. s the , Committee upon the Corn Laws, last night, gave rise to another animated discussion upon this - subject in th e House of e9Mmons. The opposition to the measures proposed was more feeble than on any former occasion, while, op the other hand, the arguments for their adoption had .acquired, increased weight and rigour. Mr. STANLBY, in expressing his entire concurrence it the course taken by Government, ---,Powerfully awakened. the feelings of the House by describing, from personal knowledge, the pitch of en durance to which:the distress had risen in the manu- Ewtoring districts, and the extraordinary patience and resignation with which, generally speaking,. it had been borne by the suffering poor. He also des cribed the anxious desiie felt in those districts, that the measures in question, though only to afford a temporary alleviation, should be carried ; and expressed his own opinion ‘ that such a result would be highly . beneficial, as proving that the House of Commons were not backward in testifying, their sympathy fOr the distress which prevailed,and as being likely to produce, on the manufactdring poor, a spirit of 'conciliation to- 1 W ards •the agri4atural classes. Several other Hon. Member, who usually vote against Ministers, sup- P°rtect - the. ~I ; and the arguments of Mr. R k l Ctt?o, for going at once into the general con of::tbs Corn Laws, with a view' to their being pesmamently set at rest,, inn) 010 Ni cluar i tyleterql by Mr. HUSKISSoN. Buy the inostitaf l ata 4 convincing specCh which has madedtuitirdbcdiscussion of this question, was. that. which , delivered in reply to Sir, Ensr - Ann ,KkrAfrotuuLL. It silenced all oppositiout. and , a ys edtihe Debate. The Right Hon. Gentleman, with that perspicuity of argument which distinguishes him hi debate, distinctly shewed, that even those who were.triost. decided in ,their suppOrt of .the Corn LaWs as a permanent system, admitted that their extreme proyisionsought not , tole allowed to come into Opera tioji at this moment, and that some temporary. altcra tion or suspension of thein ought to be made pro hic 'ice. An alteration. of the law at 'this time would be inconvenient, and that inconvenience (he considered foriireisons which he thought it best, only, tahint at), would beipall y felt by the Landed Interesthe considered theipreserit measures to be for their protection; a suapensien or modification of the law, therefore, WM the liecessary course : and, as in the 'event of any Pressing exigency occurring during the recess, the Govermnent must take upon themselves the respon • sibility of suspending the law, 'it was better for Par liament to provide for such proceeding, and to limit the diieretion which MiniSters must, in the other case, take upon themselves, 1-1 e preferred the road through' tarliatnent to the Royal Road of .Prerogative. The i4tei only,asked the sanction of Parliament to, Alt- laiNelk they Post probably_ must otherwise do tkernselves i and while the-circumstances of the Conn try.justia#4Alle ;demand, they, would by no means war nait itatterosal.- These forcible arguments appeared to acit lV fan.k i tili atibi:'*The,.l.lo use divided; (164 , , ,an Report wat4brsoo44•4llliy majority of 185 to 58. A Bik.iibillided Ow thi ( Jßesolutien s , was then read a firatt - 04, ordecr...ed,t9 ! )e,r P44 l t,second tim e t o - morrow . The. settee ot..,tlie House of Commons, and of the Nation at larnhaving been now so unequivocally ma 'l44l4lkod in: favour of these measures, we think HORourilbl(3 , , Members would best Promote the interests of the Country by abstaining from any further observations during the progress of the 1 4 11 1 which might tend, in any degree, to keep up the irritation unhappliy:eXisting on thii question between t he two great and leading interests of the country. AU discussion of the general principles of the Corn LaWilis most especially , to be deprecated at this mo ment : . 'aitttnotwithstanding the reports alluded to in "fli,e,PfAie - Daily Papers, and whichk,have reached us I :rorp. ottor xpiarters, of the strong opposition to the i ntended measures which is to be expected in the upper liou.se, `pf Parlilonent, we are satisfied that • le Lords will not, from any selfish, motive of Ks , sen ; -4. t, 1,1110 ,4Vhlitird the tranquillity of the country by 34, 91t4+ ifts466 : m i . measures now universally al. "!,,ttitalyei kin and necessary.; but on the other a , c tothem, with that wisdom JvaliCtlial z ig 4iir --ai l , - ari which has always distinguished the proceedings of the House of Peers, resting , satisfied that by so doing.they will most effectually secure the permanent interests' of the great stake which they possess in the country. the Times repeats to-day " with perfect confi dence,"• its statement of yesterday concerning the affairs of Greece, and the recent negociations at St. Petersburgh ; and adds several other particulars of the discussions - lately : conducted by the Duke of WEL ii. i INGTON ; but it does not repeat its statement, that Ships of Wm', and TransportS, are fitting out at Ports mouth for ca-operating with Russia, in rescuing Greece from the Turkish, yoke. TO this part of the subject the Times very .dexterously gives the go ky— well knowing, that our assertion of the utter untruth of that repreientation, could not be contradicted : and that it might be more prudent ,to hazard further asser tions respecting circumstances at a distance, which cannot be so readily refuted, than to admit the' false hood of a part of the former article, which would ne cessarily invalidate 'the whole of it. . . 'We resume our observations on the LAW • OF . DEBTOR AND CREDITOR, in order to take the opportunity ,fof . displaying the operation of the° Insolvent Act; and of drawing the public attention. to the system which has been adopted under the sanc tion •Of.its pro4isions. Of the necessity of some en actments for tilt relief of Insolvent Debtors ncvbne can ,very reasonably doubt; at the same time it istO be ob served, thin there is - a limit even to this necessity, and that the benefiCial tonsOtiences of such a law' are not to be purcheited at all hazards and all exPence. These laws, .!in their origin, were not passed °with a view to mitigate . the 'severity of the common law, which con signed the `person of a debtor to a , prison until Such time as he paid his creditor ; but Upon the 'urgency of occasion, and in order to relieve the public tirisons when they became 'too much crowded. On' this view, the first, Insolvent Debtors' Acts were, all of 'a' ietnnos., rary nature; they applied only to prisoners in custody, at the time they were' passed, anti were expressly li.- mited tosdebtors in custody for sums below some co: taro - fixed amount. Such a system, however, has in late days been found inconvenient, and the plan - lately adopted has been to remove the 1 *nit, of ,• ;amount, and to permit these Acts to have a prospective as well as retrospective operation. 'Bence' the establishment of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent:Debtors, and the Act clothing it with authority, and giving force to its awards. It ianot, hOwever, to he supposed that this system ar rived at this point without opposition ; on the con trary, numberless attempts have been made to increase the severity (Alta provisions, and render the' relief under it as little .efficacious .to the Insolvent as pos, sible. : Every obitacle has been thrown in the way of the debtor, and every advantage taken to render his necessary sojourn in prison'as irksome and as severe as possible, whilst On, the other hand the rights of the creditor have been 'studiously enforced. In the' end the debtor truly walks forth from pristin a free man, but his industry is cramped, .his energies dulled, and his hopes of future prosperity entirely annihilated, by the reflection, that although his person Is ,eacied,his (feetis , -,his pOperty,. anti his . trade. ,amlired since hii eeliige, tnalhe swept away,and himself A second time Ild2to ruin by - virtue of the judgment that was 'teied;',agaitist him at Ilie ti m e' 'of his cliScharge, from 1 4 . .1 , , isrtscia . 'This is peetdiar tis the Insolvent, Debtor's liee l . Such a provision is inileed to be : foUndin ibe Bankrupt Laws ; 4nit there it is intended .as, a 11 . .44.--•'' } ''' '' . ment in case of a, second bankruptcy : 'and ,rn.iiktiver be it known, th at even t h ere i t y l oes ..1.t..„. c omp.l,llt. loipiagersatiliLoitiie pound.,lift hebanlautt's-.ettate shall p ay 15 shit-. '...re re effect, however ; to these very inadequate laws,' the country is put to: the the an nual charge 'Of nearly 16,000 C The Public Estimates now lying 'on . thi! : , .teiga.: 4 the House f C oCommons contain. art item cif ll re;&i...4 and place the sum re . required for this year at 15,001., of which very nearly 6,0001. is required to pay t o r the three useless circuits. that the Commissioners yeSsly .make to ditscltarge insolvents in the prisons in''`ihe country. To . : . thia enormous sum which is paid by . tike Treasury, is to be added a sum of 2,5001. per annum,l*id by insolvents' ~ discharged from the prisons of the King's Bench art& ,Fleet, and another sum of 3,5001. paikby the oppos ing creditors of these last insolvents. These last men tioned. sums of 2,5001. and 3,5001. arise on acemint7 of the fees that are exacted in Court for the relief of . Insolvent Debtors, and they to go to, increase the: salaries of the officers of the Court, and which are - , thus swelled to an amount out of all proportion to the duties they have to discharge. The hours of attend ' Ance are . . from ten till four daily, . and • when it is said the yearly emoluments of thetWo offices, of pro visional assignee. and tax-master ,arnount—the first certainly to near 2,0001:; and the' latter eertairily-,be ,yond,-1,5001,, we think we Lave proved our assertion to demonstration. The-quantity of business transacted 'in this Court may. be. : itnagined,,from the circumstance that'thc Estimate beforwilluded to reqoires-a sum of 1,680110 r the 'salaries of ittietee clerkS,,and another sum Of 3001. for the printer, and- another of 2801. for adier tising-,--4hat ?'' The times when the Commissioners will go the Circuit ! ! ! A woad or two upon - the subject of these circuits. The sum charged for tra velling expenses is,. three shillings per mile, and at 7,200 miles is made to amount to 1,0801.--_. NOV.!' all the ' world - knows' that . .a man m ay , pair of post. re we have tra tiorsis 4'r f ld or t t ' w 6 o ve s r hiil E in li g g s la p ld e i r , m l il l e t , h. an a d so he a one shining er ,rt iq e wa i n , we suppose, for the st11)- sistence of the ,CoMmissioner. . Oh no,. for the, very next,item is 1,2601: for that very subsistence ! Then it must be for the travelling.eip' cnces of his clerk; and although that clerk might, to be sure, Sit - upon the . coach-box : Of lint inaSter's carriage, yet he ought to paY his fare. i,Butragain we are out, for the next charge is 5401, for Oniie'fravellingexpences,andthe next' 441 . 1. for the subsistence of Messieurs ,thCortunissioners . clerks, One really would think these circuits had now 'One far enough; that the travelling expencei a n d .the subsistence for Commissioner and _clerks being thus provided for,' all 'vas paid: - bu - t,nol!- - -no. such thing, for this very moderate estimate, is wound up with the two following For compensation to such clerks for the like Pe" riod'(on the circuit), at the rate of 20s. per diem (number of days not stated), each clerk in lieu of their salary and share of fees at the office, during ". these periods appropriated to pay , extra clerks on " ployed during their absence, and as reniuneration for " extra trooble, 44.11." And to Concluile, " For " contingent expenees on the said circuit, at the rate "of 791. es. Bd.. for.each time of making such three " circuits, 2381." After this expose, it is surely unnecessary to add a word by way of .comment. We defy any person to produce so shameless an estimate is this from any other public establishment, and we do,say it is a bitter reflection on the Commissioners who can so neglect their own credit and their own characters, by peilnit ting such a statement to be sent to the House of Corn. : moss in their name. We are satisfied they know nothing of it. But where is Mr. Hume ? where is this exposer of public jobs, that he has not yet laid his hands upon this document, and held it up to the reptobition of ;Parliament and th e C oun t r y F. Com pensation for . fees insolvent debtors, who have nothing in the worla eentingent expellees provided for, after'every posSilde item of expenditure has been amply. charged f As•tO the fees taken iii thie'ettiiit, 'we are still more surprised, because we fi nd 'a- eliise'lnthe Present Act that expressly declares that.ni4o-shall 'be taken, save such as the Commissioners ellocie„ • 110 e r - this' nega tive _power it never could hav e r been ' die intention of the Legislatere tosanction the 'esnetion 'of tei3,' in this eotuf,to the amount 0f6,0001. pe r an num ; an d we can • nofbelp wondering under what ludlucination the Cain" mistioners must have been when they put their gigue .tures(to the listtliat now (dis) graces the Insolvent , Debtor's Court Office. We are really ittrprised and conenned for tine slip of professional acittenesii, gene iSlle:tilive enough, and eve r on th e qu i wive to detect - imposition, and expo se public delinquency. It is im possible in cilia p ace to give a list of these fees, el though we have them now before us, and we therefore request our IteaderS to take our description of them upon,our credit. 'The items of charge are 12 in num ber, and seven'of these we pronounce as' totally unne cessiry.- The remaining five are passable enough, and not sufficiently. onerous to the Insolvent or his Creditors to be obnoxious to remark. But the seven we condemn, we utterly and entirely condemn them as extortionate, cruel, and oppressive, end we mi ght t almost say ' unconstitutional. Surel y . enough is here ' shewn to require Parliamentary inter ference—a little investigation into the foundation of these charges—the more especially when it is con sidered that the expence thus thrown on the public treasury is considerably augmented by the charge im posed upon individuals seeking and opposing the grant of relief by the Court. We have before said that 31,000 persons have been discharged in the last four years from the prisons of the King's Bench and Fleet, and that the costs of each insolvent averaged 20/. If to this sum is addfl 201. more, for the costs incurred by all the creditors opposing the discharge of one in solvent, ,it' hill give the sum .of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS, as the :total an n ual sum' ' spent the creditors, and debtors applying to the Insolvent Debtor's Court. This sum, we should imagine, would very greatly exceed the total amount of assets that have been surrendered insolvents to their ere/litois under the ?het. Spearing of assets,' it leads us to ask what is the amount of money nownlisiti hands of the C! . oust produced by the estate anavehos; or 'the insolvent debtors who have ;:ii t #re'rid perty to their creditors ? . that stun must by this time re/4,20, 11 . 1 ,50;091* at the least,. seeing that vwkoinv that sums small in themselves. have been received, anti.retained, by the • taort'o pay the dividends due to the , particular cre `:ditiors, when they shall he de Landed. A time never ' likely to arrive, as the sum' to i 0 VO5l byway of dividend by Any creditor is ,t trill Lin deserve the ',trouble and expellee which asking for ilowould neees eerily. occasion. . . • _ :, <<ni a c -:4 Dispatches have been ' tteeii(ol frprn' 'Captain Sir MuttRAN iliAxwsLi., of His Majesty's Ship liriton, reporting the surrender to the einnhined South Ame rican Forces, of the important fortress of Callao. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, did not proceed by land to Sheerness, yesterday afternoon, as had been expected. The Comet steam vessel is waiting off the Tower, for the Duke's conveyance doom the River, to the Gin:welter, at the Nore, and it is expected his .Grace will embark this afternoon. We pride ourselves .a , little on being equal to most of our contemporaries in obtaining early infmmatior4 and have had reason to congratulate ourselves otett4, ionally on priority of intelligence. Rut yesterday;' , otr taking up the Courier, we discovered our inferjOnty, and felt a little nettled that, in . spite of our arrange ments, we had 'remained in total ignorance of a most important circumstance, art account of which stared us Ate face, under the head'of 'an SrieNtrr TO ATTACK Mr. CANNING." In additibn iO,(4llllOrtifiel. tion beingbehindhand on such an occasion, we were alarmed at the 'annbuneement, and all the liorrors of the Gunpowder Plot and the Cato-street ConspiraCy rushed upon our minds. So soon as we felt a little com posed and anticipated the worst, we commenced read ing the article. A poor fellow it seems, who either' had' been, or/andel/that he had been, robbed by the Por tuguese Government, placed himself, with In starvin g wife and four Children, at the door of the Right lion. Secretary for foreign Affairs, delivered . ,a , letter, and almost Insisted on being relieved. Pople, theoffleer, took him into enstody, and, after 'a 'cheap )otlging during Saturday and Sunday night,. the nia!i . twas discharged. To learn th e s e p ar ti cu l ars we waded ttrongh one-third of a column with the greatest thlkieq,:exPecting a frightful ue g r h il i n f v u ea p t Hr a ot s a t ve ro isnt p g h a e igai e a ie st r ti y m li e n e t , o until t h us putting his KtieitYiti at the end of the story, which, of cotirge;4l4lipated . liege,subjects in bodily fear : our idar in ing cont ,, upo . may as well' kill a man as frighten him to death." We recollect nothing so trulOiorribi e s i nce we heard the new song of Guy Faux, in which a 11U. /Twig* describes very minutelylol4,o, l l:hiew , up the 1107i:dim :rally, King and all his Ministers, by lighting the gunpowd er with a pottable gas lamp, and adds, That is to say, he would have . doni, Bat one thing him prevented, And this it Was, as I am told, The gas was not invented. We believe that the Cabinet Dinner, which, like a petition to the. House of. Commons, had been at the ' period .of the beggar's application, just " ordered to lio on the Table," was not much disturbed by the visit, but On hearing the intelligence, it is said, that the guests were forcibly reminded of Dean Swift's verse. " on the sth of 'November," —=- -To night's 'the day I speak it *ith great sorrow, That we were all to have been blown up to-morrow; .Therefore take care of fire and candle light, .'Tie a cold frosty morning, so good night. '.This is strongly recommended to be set to music, and to be sung at the Cabinet dinners in futtue,, for as Guy Faux was prevented from accomplishing his deep design by an accidental circumstance, so the fact of this importunate beggar, having no arms at command but, his own, and those of his wife and children, and no ammunition but a begging letter, fortunately pre served Mr. CANNING, and perhaps all who were dining with him, from the. most dreadful consequences. By the way, we had' forgotten Lin our fright, to Lcompli ment the writer on the - :admirable specimen of alli teration which the " attempt to attack" presents, ,and in which he seems " at home to a T." By the German Mail received this trioriiiug, re are, happy to pprceive that. Commercial Distress has much abated in'Be 1 . 11) k FUNDS, • . city, 12 o'clock this doy. , Consols left off yesterday at 771, buyers, and °pencil this Morn ing at the same price ;, they are now at 78 to 4, no business doing. Accounts have been received this morning from Mexico, Of the Bth March, and from the Coast to the 18th; they .are preparing , a force of 8,000 men to join the Columbituis, in order to make an attack on Cuba. The Pyramusfiigate was expected to sail on the 24th March, had on board 6 million of dollars. The encounti from the Mines are favourable, particularly from the' Real del Monte. India Bonds and Exchequer Bills, 9, 10, pm. ; New Scrip, to dis. ;S p. Consols, 794, buyers ; p. Reduced, 881/ ; 4 per Cent. New ; 94i. French FuMii, 15 per Cent., 96, Ex., 25f. 60c. ;; S per. Cert. ! 66, Ex., 25f. 60e. Brazilian, per. Cent., for Account, 56 ; Chilian 6 per Cent. 89, 41 ; Colombian, 6 ' per Cent., 41i ; Danish, 544; Greek Bonds, 151 to 16 ; Mexican Bonds, 1825, 6 per Cent., 62 t; Peruvian,,Bo4 to 14 ; Russian, 5 per Cent.,: . 76 ; Spanish Bondi, ; 5 per Cent., 1823, 5 i• Two o' Clock. Consols for Account 784. Nothing doing—in fact this day is quite a blank. An Extriordinaty . Gazette the 811 d Jan. has been published at Lima, giving the official in_telligeriee of the surrender of Callao. The garrison were allowed very favourable terms, the honors of war, 14c. • 4 Quarto past Two o' Clock. Consols, 7844; %kluged,- 771 ; New Fours, 0413; Scrip, pm. par ; Mexican, 61 624 ; 41 ler 41i. NAVAL INTE4,LOENCE. Mr Port Letters aro still without inoreit. Ihvoaronz, , 7,v...... ! The Camelion and towel, which sailcd from'l'lymetigt .011,010 6th,,arn to try ,their comparative, rate of sailing. . . The Captain * " -Olken% Seamen, and .Marines of hit Majesty's ship liritannia,•lttWeAtdrcrihed one day's pay for the relief of the %tressed inhabitant; in the manufacturing diatricts. Wp have etileehailhia:liteteille feeling will extend to other ahlpfc; the heart of..thi..o4lo4 , eitilor being peculiarly tremitiye,„ op all qua aiun, to, the calamity and onffering of ,hia followrcreatures, Aprouptiph?...--41r. Thorny. Young, Purser, It. It to be Sapidataantary,Rurser of his ,Majesty's ship Gloucester. „ of -tar. [FROM LLOYD'S.] . , Dna itritteir S.—Wind MR.—Arrived the Willtelmitte,. Jre. geriewri; froth Antwerplor Ratiptia, and remain, with the. Itritati. fer Dantrie. Thirkomeward-bound sailed for the *Hirer this marniniti FatmciuTit, M & r'7.—«WindN.E.--Arrired the Enterprise, liosken, from. London ; and _Elite,. Dealt,. from Liverpool.— Sailed the Foititude, Stephen, ..for.‘iabon. Connts, MAT 43.--Wind N.E.—Congrese, kinsman, Arne'. rican ship, came but otiuttboitev and sailed for Boston. No news of the Crisisi for New York. vitael sailed the 11th of 'January, frotn.Ctiwes, with * noritborOf pawn. gets, and had not arrived at New York en the I I thetilt)ril, tom, seqnently great fears are entertainedfor her safety.; NORTH AND SOUTH AIItERIGAN,COIia,43OHOUSIL (THIS DAY.) LIVIMPOOL. MAY 7.--WincritlV.Z—Arsived Al ec t o , Ayshford, from Jamaica, sailed 24th March. The Paragon eras to sail lit April for Liverpool. Sailed the Philadelphia, Ames, for Londonderry, Sic. ; Kitty, .Moody, for Portsmouth, N. H. ; Planter, Douche, for Antigua; , Nimrod, Bruce, fbrTristidaill Wilsons, Ross, for Demerara ; Bispham, Grumley, for Leghorn; William, Net:well; for Quebec. .Of the port Juline Citstati West, from Savannah ;' Spartan, Young, from Near Orlointo?" Ptorittiutu, MAY 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the 'Catharine Gierth; Boyle,'front Sierra Leone ; and•Leara, Baakfiti froneiht Isle' nitro* ; sailed Sd January, and left theta the !much, Hercules, Vaughan ; and the WY &tit,' forliondon. • MAY E.?l,E...Arrived the I;lecta, 4j,sliforil; froth Jamaica ; sailed 24th March. The Paragon wee 'to sail let April. His Majesty's ship Pyladea, from Vett Cruz titrcl Campeachy, and hialfajeaty's Sdynst from CirthaftoMl, ' , lirCre at Jamaica. Off the port,* the Julio* Clefigrt Wait, from Ilavarmah and off Holyhead, the Spartan, Yong, from New Orleans. iltlcL, MAT 7.-:-Arrived the Lightnin ' War-Office 'steam- • packet, for a supply Of ifthi, issa,' This pac ket and the Ifernsione transport having horses,‘ owboard, attached to the Duke of Devonshire's ErnhassMO Peteriburgh, 'put into•tJse Humber yesterday evening, u,.,frons-thccontinututee of stormy N.E, gales, they could not get their across the North Sea. • • ' • Posinsitownt' t.—Sailed,the, Elisabeth, Atherion, fey Quebec; the Carbineer, Taggart, for Lisbon. • ..•-• Cowes, B.—r).ast—Arrived the Queen, James, from Lisbon. ' The Tipton lieu, Meyers, was driven on *lore near Barcelona, 9311 ult.; during* gale, but was expected to be got off. • Ychterday, the Duchess of Gloucester visited the The Duke of York left town on Sunday for New market. PrinCe Ledpold honoured the dinner given yesterday by tbc Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, at Northumberland Howie, with his presence. The Duchess of GlOticester and the Princess Sophia • visitedtne 111110011 111.1g111411, yesterday. Mr. Secretary Canning entertained a numerous party to dinner on Sunday, at his residence in Down ing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday morning at the Foreign Office, from the British Consuls to the South American 'Republics. Yesterday dispatelies were received by. Mr. Sccre tary Canning from Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Paris. • The General Steam Naitation Company's packet, the Sir Eduard Banks, arrived yesterday from I.lam burgh, after voyage of 52 hours. She made th e nassage• out ri n , 5,5 hours. The packet brought papers, but they con tarn* tidlICWB of the slightest importance, LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROUSE OF LORDS, (Tills DAY.) WHY:ELEA V. W 1121111.301.. was an appeal from a Decree in the Court of Chancert Ireland. It iuvolved property to a considerable amount, but poi sessed no public . interest. The Lord. Chancellor affirmed tbe Decree. COURT OF KINGS BENCH.-_(Tarsi)ay.) wn.i.is a. cuttnnz. This wail an action to recover damage* fur an assault. Mr. PLATT opened thnpleadings, and, Mr. St;atturer mood the Awe,' . It appeared that the plaintiffand two others were taking 'nate cursion into the country, on Sunday the 17th of April, 105, and having mistaken their way, they trespassed, near Tottenham, on the defendant'. grouYids, wlto ,. liavin o come , in contact, witk them, threw the plaintiff into the New River, along whose banks theY•happenell to be walking. . Mr. 6 , RN X Y and the CAMMON SILIWZANT addreosed the Jury' For the defendant, The LOX') Cl ligF Jvatca said, that the plaintiff was entishof to s verdict; for, though he had been trespassing, yet that did not justify the conduct of the defendant. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—D=4mi 201. Haim', V. HOLLEY.. This was an action for work and labour done by the plaintik as a surveyor, in valuing lauds belonging to the defendant. k. appeared that the plaintiff• hat _been engaged' by a person who wanted to• lend money on the security: of the lands, and that the mortage bad not been completed, The plaintiff was therefore nonsuited,, • COURT OF COMMON PLBAS- .. (Tars DAT.) SAIMADI V. TOOVRY. This Was an action .aent down from the Vice-Chatmencles Court, to try whether an actof bankrup tcy bark eonumittisl by the plaintiff and if -the defendant was hi ik peared that ‘he parties:hod.csrried on business in partnendripoaa,,i7 eshilkterniker4 and .groOnls At Bristols 4114.-that defendant hatki ay e l; toed but "au. 413 pittNikroptri Aping, k.l * 04: The sAry,returfled.st verdict for tbe•plain.tifiki yeA,:tno:., 1.6 "t pas Citittv Juemit, evidently dilesatis6o witikftkil eent thine back t reconsider it : he said it ougl,t not uuryry ei it little consideratim the Jury to4t 2 Eoed t 1 11 1 4411,,,M5 1 414.-1:14 • _. ,-• ~ ,------ • ..;, , ,iyliti-4 htuao tithi,i .... poltri l T ; t)1 , 1 4 :x piteg 1 :1:11.--(Titik14144, tiCifel& • ~ ,; ~.., Tux. 11 45.0 . v., 444 14 41 't, ~), '; 7':4iiii , ft 3d' , 4. 01414 This was an information tiled to . r , er tb AT. 4 !POI Cif 44 iktIgtl i ttaa r being ',malty which, the defendaric itlCMlASJirall)oo4tri ~14ta.... a ftehing-boat at - Rochester, which hat been condennted for PigNiist,., yeying intuggled sillot.--Tbe record of oqggictionahotigAgotkat produced in evident*, the Jury Itesitatelfi.tdi,,Aattirn it,oitintictivivt,,, without some proof that the silks were fotsigli t4 .- ; ,•;1.4,,,0t:-,,ii 4, ; ,:..,pi-nt The Cuter BARON said, . that , the record -44 flail% alwaylii44t -,th , as conclusive evidence, and that the safe Viqty . _.twougtOt IPA flfarlW_ t i laz''C verdict fur the Cr o w n , against whiChAltkOliter!do4t4a4l-hottevogo2l remedy, if he be able to show that 034,414 tinitiot ktitigkothrlea t es, as if the verdict should be for the defeiglant.oskogotgoofoinzdoit4 l , l ,,, x , which the Jury might labour under, it.. woujil„kii-OecAlYet ..Oii,c.,;;: he could not be tried twice for the same ‘,..4415at „di l o f.,;:.1,6ifi ..:44:: ut The Jury, after considerable hesitatipt4 , AlmOLKodifikfilAitt'ils c-t - Crotvn. _. . , • :.-. oe t t . ,b 0 flif64" , " I.,Ad An:, i'; THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL • 4, ~,,I 1 , e . .h t . ;..t Major-General Charles TurnCr l , ! B. tite, iip Poll' ,rf General, and Governor-in-Chief,, of our Settle l P9Pui .,.. - • on the coast of Africa, whose death. we Impounded in,..- • • our Paper of yesterday, was born in Scotland, arid '!.; entered the Army at an early period of life:, - .I.Je.;iirtq yi '' .- , - i, appointed Ensign of. the 2d loot on the 21StPqt,siber i ,,.., 1705; Lieutenant in the same. PorPs, ititktQatgbetsuP 1797 ; Captain in the Royal African-Corpsf lan this , i.... , Bth June,. 1803 ; Major. in the 'll4at -'.NVertt''' . diti"':" Rangers, the 18th Aptik;,lBo4i..,T.Sedt:-COM • .9h i l:::, i t the 18th .4pri I, 1807 • ;;g9:loriel t :ol44,64oi.jimf.,_ ifi, ,A ) And Major, G e tteral in,the Artsotnbofii 9ill , Julyvlil2l,44 2.: During ,the 'Peninsular,. :vtiail , Irhileairtweo nut MI (f '44: 1 110f 4. Paringtiese regiment i .he 110:44iL?1,t14t i :nni t h . ;#di f . ie11 . .*: . :4 extension' Of th,,.e. , t. ) .4t4!,, tqfj* iNAi!q#o,4,iv.o9/?4,14q19it'0 . 3: :of the :Oath, ..LipqnoPtSPAUlzo tfoiXp4 f .country*ltie vv t:. appointed one of the Inspectors of Army,,Clothingsin• z.; which situation he filled • till 4tektsitititiii4 Gent rie ~. 'Officer, ..! Upon the death of Sir (..'harles Mactutliy, he, wasi t , selected fur the. important situation nf Governor4:l6.4:, ncral of our Afrieari igettlernenti turd wrocappointedipre Colonel of the ltoyill African.porpi oh the lst July; - -' 7 1824: , He ininted4ttely prieoeded:te his ggverp, ; ,, .', m oot, a nd where. he . .perseve.rtngly exerted hinista,to _ acComplish vartowe objects for the.; general improve" , _ ...; Merit of the Colony ! ) the success of which, notwitl: w strititheg the diftleukies.be had to encounter, has het"} i ' 'qii alike honotonlde to hiA, judgment and zeal. : ~„ ~ ~'.,;'• In a private letter now before to., the writer olvio.rviry,,,i4 " that, to a person who his lived in Africa, the taiguit , il t " and business the•GoverOor went throuict is quitelkill " credible ; 'bia mind being never unbent , Otn„toci, Mgr!, intense " apphcation to,the duties w,stat4p,o, mitt,., ; . 1 was -his discharge of the more audible liztuesiofiiiifft leas :nnrernitted, and his unwearied:esertiona'in invi , ir4 " inoting.the',bealth;',' and keeping Upi'tfic .. , ' l 4' i iifPer' " cliderfich*4 those aro un d hint ' '4144 .' . l. 'lik*L': "of sita,u4talthy 'sawn, will be long arit grtittOtiov t 4 folly remombscod.",Anotlat letter .from.: Sierruof. Leone, datedzit.the-Bth M,rolto odity , betbrolue, , stattieo444 l that 'rdir'Onci#nitthig ex,(lrt4 i O4. :Of,ltiS''''fttOtenq, 4 .;.' , i front the 4 T14,1* t l A: 4 *4o , :gt e .. C,AilifilitiA,,i tic, ', " 'Colony, for Its tmp rovewent . anti ~ p roaperAky, ,find, , ,, , , , , 44 the trialstbatAtt- , endured , in the prosecution 0f5him441 , .i.., " are 211111640dd 'ed and felt tit s it tit '; andlhe loth "&t''* ~ ,;1...,,., , . able AN , .. No 1911),48 011.1%,' AIM fi 9 , ( 1 / . ern Or " ; eiuni4l'.4ll %1 .. . Of Proving o sertinis cOnaequence to the weltere..4 4 , , eti g of thirtpolony, ~ . ~ , c.,... - - '' The . ililss of such a man to . Sims ..Leone, and at the' moment 'When' the measur es ' he had origi na t e d' . .. . . . . weic.,adyancing to*ards a successful i s s ue, cannot ite - too :it - pleb lainented, and we .fcar that it Will.he aurae ' .:" time . . , before:,,the Government will be . able to find ',' All othin " ' Officer , willing to. accept- the ' appointment; Who ..-.... will 'posieoo the seal, firmtiCsit i ,poWer d- of exertion = an: . .. talent, of ' Governor Turner, ",,. ,. , , ,I. • . y.~ ~. 1 friend s * /'ara o too t t iit .e_eengratu ate our In t ,. co ,)a 4,„0 eti*eney Is.to.reinsin on its preont Flaying strenutmsly ovposed any 4144444 m in dad tste:m, we feel the grestso::o4isfactiott 4ii do deter inination of the Coun'tilft44,i;:lulSnrienneett to hfr,' , • iiering's speech of last iiikhr e ; IVlesican papers and letters,4tavet , 437iVed to the. tith M a r e b, The Senate .posed of the expedition ag,O . N , qt , enha, ankpitliort . • the Executive to carry it 'into effect„ ' thousand men were ezected to be diaristehaa expedition, Which is .o to be joined by ifte Colesitt. him spladron. The Exchange was 60 to. lit.. 1%04) Pramui was expected to sail froin" Otto:4W' the 24th of March. PUNCTUATION-113 - One of the large tobeitil, *I Enabled, a traveller passing a barber's shop, saw on the :r. 46 What do you think, I'll shave you for nothing.: antileen ye* some drink." Ile immediately concluded "he's II drsokow knout ,t I'll go in." Ike did so, and sat downtolw shaved. ,-„,tlstaktr the • operation, he itiquiretl - into the state of trade, and wascansworeliv, that it YAW rather flat. • Hit then adeertedin the • 11 44" , " i* U.. • window, and inquired if ha really acted •upowit,,aind thaw:4.ll6r • nothing,' observing that he said am-- 41 Nei ' 161 V "P /414 ' II* barber, " people never reedit eight,," and • diewv , send it Aar kiwi t • —" What) ! t • do you think, VII tilitive - iston•ftir ottaing ‘ tool 0::'! . YOU "Me drink ?" The treedierlenshed, heertilyi p 0 44 I" ' operetion, and commended his ingtmult,4l .l • '- 1 ' 4 '' . ' ' .' -440 69,4 • A Schoolmaster bought froAtEsia4., m rl ' h't ' o44 ', nianw H l ..., guinea*, a dog that wax stated to he it i , .., . •:, wi if he wait not approved of, -, ~ ' , - ..• ,: • A ,„,.t• a master returned him to hi e f r i e nd, '' • •A.,; ._ . . 4 _ , • - ••t found the dog understood *toiling of a ‘ , . ,:,,, , ~ i , ..„ Au , t% therefore, he rotund:taint taking 4 140 . .' l- •.,, ~, „. • ~ ~a